Written Answers Tuesday 5 July 2005

Scottish Executive

NHS Hospitals

Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of providing alcohol-based handrubs at every frontline hospital bedside in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by NHS board area.

Mr Andy Kerr: Under the new clean hospitals campaign announced in March 2005, funding of £1.05 million was allocated to NHS boards for the provision of alcohol-based handrubs at every frontline bed. NHS boards have confirmed that these measures are in place. Allocations to individual NHS boards were based the Arbuthnott formula as follows:

  

Health Board
Allocation 2004-05
(£000)
Allocation 2005-06
(£000)


Argyll and Clyde
13
78


Ayrshire and Arran
12
70


Borders
3
20


Dumfries and Galloway
5
29


Fife
10
61


Forth Valley
8
47


Grampian
13
81


Greater Glasgow
28
165


Highland
7
42


Lanarkshire
16
97


Lothian
20
121


Orkney
1
4


Shetland
1
4


Tayside
12
72


Western Isles
1
7

National Health Service

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17137 by Mr Andy Kerr on 15 June 2005, how much compensation the NHS has paid in respect of clinical negligence claims in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.

Mr Andy Kerr: Although the number of clinical negligence awards made each year has not changed significantly over the last five years, the level of awards has risen. This increase is due to larger settlements and the settlement of some large value cases. The information held centrally on claim settlements made after April 2000 does not differentiate between clinical and non-clinical claims. The cost of settlements made in relation to clinical and, where appropriate, non-clinical claims against NHSScotland in each financial year since 1997-98, broken down by NHS board, is detailed in the following tables.

  

NHS Board
1997-98
(£)
1998-99
(£)
1999-2000
(£)
2000-01
(£)


Argyll and Clyde
681,945
776,317
92,628
91,550


Ayrshire and Arran
25,000
191,630
40,000
158,263


Borders
0
45,000
69,500
12,500


Dumfries and Galloway
63,000
103,622
133,614
407,500


Fife
106,313
71,588
45,900
280,647


Forth Valley
204,750
27,300
27,865
434,007


Grampian
67,400
59,281
405,383
186,061


Greater Glasgow
1,272,360
327,700
498,733
981,944


Highland
415,200
55,500
269,745
40,600


Lanarkshire
78,650
84,300
99,698
746,336


Lothian
337,109
1,412,009
906,627
252,962


Orkney
0
0
0
0


Shetland
57,702
0
2,664
2,550


Tayside
210,770
147,782
251,000
225,552


Western Isles
0
0
30,000
104,990


State Hospitals
1,000
5,600
0
0


Common Services Agency
0
0
82,000
0


Scottish Ambulance Service
0
0
0
0


Totals
3,521,199
3,307,629
2,955,357
3,925,462



  

NHS Board
2001-02
(£)
2002-03
(£)
2003-04
(£)
2004-05
(£)


Argyll and Clyde
265,519
2,558,831
270,041
1,219,640


Ayrshire and Arran
828,865
671,398
230,560
234,702


Borders
5,000
20,111
13,650
157,580


Dumfries and Galloway
701,116
362,018
219,096
65,927


Fife
51,693
125,346
492,449
320,806


Forth Valley
292,525
112,954
2,518,400
553,359


Grampian
175,375
77,250
199,313
912,877


Greater Glasgow
2,894,856
2,078,799
1,419,508
1,441,834


Highland
220,276
197,581
1,324,739
159,490


Lanarkshire
51,480
406,282
569,846
275,250


Lothian
815,557
1,933,644
879,506
437,323


Orkney
5,500
0
0
29,120


Shetland
7,700
78,345
10,200
2,000


Tayside
138,353
98,150
105,163
2,460,004


Western Isles
5,500
0
0
1,500


State Hospitals
0
0
0
0


Common Services Agency
0
0
55,000
49,000


Scottish Ambulance Service
3,000
0
0
0


Totals
6,462,315
8,720,709
8,307,471
8,320,412

National Health Service

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17138 by Mr Andy Kerr on 15 June 2005, how much the NHS has paid in respect of legal fees in clinical negligence cases in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.

Mr Andy Kerr: Question S2W-17415 shows that although the number of clinical negligence awards made each year has not changed significantly over the last five years, the level of awards has risen. Accordingly, the level of legal expenses has also risen.

  The information held centrally on the payment of legal expenses made after April 2000 does not differentiate between clinical claims and non-clinical claims. Legal expenses cover legal and other associated costs including adverse fees and expenses paid in any one year do not always relate to the awards paid in that year, as in most cases the legal costs are not settled until after the award has been made and therefore may fall into a different financial year.

  The cost of legal expenses made in relation to clinical and, where appropriate, non-clinical claims against NHSScotland in each financial year since 1997-98, broken down by NHS board, is detailed in the following tables:

  

NHS Board
1997-98
(£)
1998-99
(£)
1999-2000
(£)
2000-01
(£)


Argyll and Clyde
59,817
97,794
47,611
52,144


Ayrshire and Arran
105,642
8,328
5,721
74,944


Borders
0
4,502
7,751
2,651


Dumfries and Galloway
22,950
62,921
19,887
3,000


Fife
53,083
14,659
13,075
77,114


Forth Valley
21,837
18,716
5,964
52,259


Grampian
39,560
20,626
8,957
59,074


Greater Glasgow
104,001
206,466
166,494
173,941


Highland
8,564
9,541
25,198
45,328


Lanarkshire
19,725
32,178
20,610
75,765


Lothian
137,802
118,972
204,452
139,109


Orkney
0
0
0
0


Shetland
4,983
0
893
827


Tayside
45,972
53,081
29,165
94,358


Western Isles
0
0
0
28,106


State Hospitals
0
0
0
0


Common Services Agency
0
0
0
12,250


Scottish Ambulance Service
0
0
0
0


Totals
623,936
647,784
555,778
890,870



  

NHS Board
2001-02
(£)
2002-03
(£)
2003-04
(£)
2004-05
(£)


Argyll and Clyde
36,817
76,727
167,395
93,579


Ayrshire and Arran
118,149
34,802
81,754
161,475


Borders
1,675
2,385
0
7,782


Dumfries and Galloway
51,501
75,778
106,999
161,428


Fife
32,230
21,227
182,985
56,186


Forth Valley
35,264
23,025
108,403
157,245


Grampian
16,581
34,834
45,473
44,854


Greater Glasgow
201,307
229,689
239,478
554,594


Highland
40,414
26,619
82,338
35,368


Lanarkshire
109,479
81,261
222,446
281,760


Lothian
85,534
147,637
300,602
114,258


Orkney
638
0
0
2,617


Shetland
2,279
21,583
3,347
1,328


Tayside
74,854
32,620
22,849
81,931


Western Isles
7,730
0
7,830
441


State Hospitals
0
0
0
0


Common Services Agency
0
0
3,084
13,998


Scottish Ambulance Service
1,082
0
0
0


Totals
815,534
808,187
1,574,983
1,768,844

Prison Service

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16954 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 June 2005 and given that the only statistics on prisoner movements in Scotland in 2004 on the Scottish Prison Service website are those showing movements by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd whose contract was not fully rolled out in 2004, why it did not provide an answer to the question on how many prisoner movements there were from (a) police custody to court, (b) prisons to court, (c) hospital to court and (d) court to court and how many other prisoner movements there were in each month of 2004 in total and whether it will now do so.

Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

  
The information provided in the answer to S2W-16954 was all that was available at the time the question was asked. Figures for 2004 have been collated and are being analysed and will be published in due course.

Sport

Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the organisers of the London 2012 Olympic bid regarding the reinstatement of rugby sevens as an Olympic sport.

Patricia Ferguson: The Sports Programme at an Olympic Games is determined by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and not the host city or the local organising committee. The Executive has no plans to make representations to the IOC about the inclusion of a particular sport in the 2012 Olympics.